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SAT Vocab
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10th Grade
01/28/2013
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Zenith
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Peak
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Citadel
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A defensive castle
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Dearth
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Lack of
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Gregarious
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Outgoing
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Venerate
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To view with respect
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Jocular
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Joking; lighthearted
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Peremptory
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Having final authority
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Nascent
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In the early stages of development
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Stymie
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to foil; stop
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Irascible
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Easily annoyed
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Flout
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To openly disobey
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Abstruse
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Difficult to comprehend
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Goad
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To motivate into doing something
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deify
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To treat as a god
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Trenchant
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Forceful; effective
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Balm
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Something that heals
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Doff
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To remove
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Wan
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Weak
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Irk
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To annoy
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Tine
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Prong
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Eke
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To manage without difficulty
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Scam
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Fraud
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Chic
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Fashionable
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Nerd
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A dull person
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Foil
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Thwart
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Cowl
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A hood
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Daft
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Foolish
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Guru
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Personal Adviser
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Abet
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To aid
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Pale
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Boundary
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Ogre
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Cruel Man
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Coy
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Evasive
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Mar
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To damage
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Ilk
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A kind of, type of
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Ply
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To work at diligently
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Tranquil
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Free from agitation; calm; peaceful
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Avant-Garde
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Leaders in new movements; especially in art; ahead of their time
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Whimsical
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Playful; fanciful; lighthearted
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Hapless
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Unlucky
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Imperturbable
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Unable to be bothered, excited, or undisturbed
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Overweening
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Arrogant; conceited
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Averse
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Opposed; reluctant; not wanting to do something
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Touted
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To publicize as being of great worth, something to brag about, claim greatness
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Nonsensical
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Not making sense; absurd; foolish
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Intractable
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Difficult to manage or govern, difficult to control
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Dire
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Dreadful and threatening
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Bombast
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Pompous or overblown speech, overly done, dramatic
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Blather
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Foolish talk
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Authoritarian
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Favoring complete obedience to authority as opposed to individual freedom
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Moribund
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At the point of death, about to die, point of ending
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Disenchanted
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To lose your innocence
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Nonplussed
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Completely perplexed, confused
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Absolutist
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Someone who believes in government where all the power is invested in the ruler
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Allegory
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A story that seems simple but has a deeper meaning
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Slipshod
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Poorly made or done; careless
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Connoisseur
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Informed judge in matter of taste; subjective or passionate; expert
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Toady
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Servile flatterer, brown noser, butt kisser
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Insular
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Isolated from outside influences; looking inward
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Corpulence
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To be fat; obesity
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Harangue
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To criticize or attack someone verbally
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Viscous
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Thick; resistance to flow
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Compendious
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Giving much information concisely
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Palliative
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Reducing bad effects of something (pain)
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Convivial
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Enjoying companionship and the pleasure of eating/drinking
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Litigious
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Prone to engage in law suits; likely to sue
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Solicitous
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Concerned; attentive; anxious; nervous
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Debacle
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Sudden, disastrous overthrow or collapse; ruin
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Depreciatory
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Lowering in value
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Sycophant
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Flatterer, brown noser, butt kisser
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Redolent
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Smelling strongly
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Intemperate
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Unrestrained, lack of control
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Arable
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Fit for cultivation (Farming)
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Conciliatory
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Bringing two sides together, settle dispute with common ground
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Intonation
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Matching musical harmony
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Redouble
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To increase
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